proto-oncogene

See also: protooncogene

English

Alternative forms

• protooncogene

Etymology

From proto- +‎ oncogene.

Noun

proto-oncogene (plural proto-oncogenes)

1. (genetics) A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 534:

     Typically, proto-oncogenes are normal cellular genes that, when activated by mutation or overexpression, promote cancer.

Translations

gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation

• French: proto-oncogène (fr) m
• Hungarian: protoonkogén
• Italian: protooncogene (it) m

References

• Lodish, Harvey with Berk, Arnold, Zipursky, Lawrence S., Matsudaira, Paul, Baltimore, David, and Darnell, James (2000) “Glossary”, in Molecular Cell Biology‎^[1], Fourth edition edition, New York, N.Y.: W. H. FREEMAN, →ISBN, retrieved 11 December 2009